{"id":2604,"date":"2023-08-24T16:29:42","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T21:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/?p=2604"},"modified":"2023-08-24T17:06:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T22:06:29","slug":"pine-bluffs-finishing-nebraska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/2023\/08\/24\/pine-bluffs-finishing-nebraska\/","title":{"rendered":"Pine Bluffs, finishing Nebraska"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The elevation profile for today is an extremely gradual rise going from ~4000ft to ~5000ft with real dips. This is a dry area with some irrigated fields but mostly open grasslands. There is no place to shelter from the wind. Fortunately today it was mostly calm with a slight tail wind from the northeast. Kimball, population ~2500 was the largest town with a few settlements along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a nice finish to Nebraska. This is the last forecast day of the heat dome in western Nebraska and I think it barely reached 90F. All this made for a longer ride but not particularly difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elevation profile for today. This view greatly exaggerates what is a very slow rise over sixty miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some clouds starting out. It was 65F so just slightly cooler than the last few days – but not cool enough to wear my cycle jacket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Potter and Kimball were places along the way <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Without irrigation, one can raise cattle but I can’t see intensive crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One former gas station in Potter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Other gas station had pumps being repaired. Nothing open otherwise but did have a porta potty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grain silo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On to Dix<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dix. There was a bank, a cafe and a gas station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No photos of Kimball where I had a mid-morning snack. Kimball had one traffic light <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Irrigation flumes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dry country <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These folks were doing utility work, burying cable? Flag shows a tail wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wyoming border. There was a “Nebraska the good life” sign but other than this, no Wyoming sign <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nebraska lists population on city limit signs. Colorado lists elevation. Pine Bluffs has both. I came into town just in time before the cafe closed and then found my motel. It was nice to completely cross Nebraska from the humid\/sticky east to the high\/dry west and see the changes along the way. Now the plan is to ride to Cheyenne and then head south to Fort Collins\/Denver.<\/p>\n\n\n

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